ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- UNLV's Jovan Mooring scored 19 points and the Runnin' Rebels finished with a 10-2 run to beat New Mexico 71-66 on Tuesday night.
Uche Ofoegbu added 14 points and eight rebounds for UNLV (9-9, 2/3 Mountain West).
New Mexico's Dane Kuiper had a career-high 17 points and hit his first six shots. Elijah Brown added 14 points, but his baseline 3-pointer which would have tied it clanked off the rim with three seconds remaining.
The teams were tied at 64 after Jalen Posyer hit a 3-pointer for the Rebels with 3:31 left and Mooring then added a basket and a foul shot at 2:54.